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Out in the West Texas
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A-----2--2--2------2--2--2----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--------
E--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------------0-----------------
Town of El Paso I fell in love with a
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D-----------------0--0---0---0------0---0---0----0--0--0--0-
A----0---2---4------------------0---------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
Mex i can girl

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D-----------0--0---0---0------0---0---0---------------------
A--0--2--4----------------0---------------------------------
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Out in the West Texas
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B-----0--0--0------0--0--0-------2--2--2-----2--2--2--------
G-----0--0--0------0--0--0-------0--0--0-----0--0--0--------
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Town of El Paso I fell in love with a
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B--------------------3---3---3------3---3---3-------3--3--3-
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Mex i can girl

Might just be cause I always played it that way but the Em is not working for me and I can't go back.

Last edited by ronster on Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

I do not play the low A note in that Em/G chord and will edit that note outa there. I'm torn between playing G, E or nothing on the high E string. Very subtle diff, kinda like the Em in Me and my uncle.

Bobby appears to be playing an Em in this 94 show. Did Bobby often play in his underware? I was always to far back to notice. I think if you don't play the 2 low strings and play the E bass on the D string it has the soft feel and sounds right.

Hold the phone. In this 70 show, Bobby is playing a G. So it would appear that if your playing in your underware that you should play the Em and the G if you have pants on.
I think my modifed Em/G chord came from hearing it both ways over the years.

ronster wrote:Hold the phone. In this 70 show, Bobby is playing a G. So it would appear that if your playing in your underware that you should play the Em and the G if you have pants on.
I think my modifed Em/G chord came from hearing it both ways over the years.

Checked out a video on utube of Marty Robbins doing the original and he did with a G Am D. Funny thing though was that even with the minor chord Marty was not wearing tight little shorts. Not sure how he pulled that one off. So I imagine that Bob may have learned it incorrectly off of the radio and was probably corrected later on and changed it. All of us old guys learned it from Bob without the minor chord so thats what sounds right to us.